The Biltmore becomes the Sedgewick Hotel
The hotel interiors stood in for Ghostbusters’ fictional Sedgewick Hotel, including the ballroom where the team catches Slimer. This is Los Angeles production geography for a story set in New York.
Ghostbusters
1984 · Directed by Ivan Reitman
Explore the real-world connections to Ghostbusters, with each location linked to its own story and evidence.
Explore the film’s geography.
These existing site references are not exact scene or camera positions. Access notes and sources remain attached to each location.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working FDNY firehouse: look from the pavement, keep the bay doors clear, and find the paintings on the sidewalk out front.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. It is not a museum and not open to visitors: see the front from Fifth Street.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The stacks are closed to the public, but you can see the restored Rose Main Reading Room and run down the marble front steps.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The Morningside campus is open only to Columbia ID holders, registered alumni and approved guests: the public cannot walk in.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A private co-op: look up at it from Central Park West or from the park side of the road.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working restaurant in the park: book a table on its website or call 212-877-8684.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. An open plaza in front of the Metropolitan Opera: walk across it, or sit by the fountain.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Now the Museum of Arts and Design: Tuesday to Sunday 10am–6pm, Wednesday 12–8pm, closed Monday. Adults $20; pay what you wish 5–8pm on the first Wednesday of the month.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Tours every week by reservation only, limited to 20 people: book on nyc.gov.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Walk it: the path starts on the Bowery between Canal and Bayard Streets.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Home to the National Museum of the American Indian: check the Smithsonian’s website for opening before you go.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public city park: come for the arch, the fountain and the chess tables.
The places behind the film.
The Biltmore Los Angeles ↗
506 S Grand Avenue
Check current opening hours and entry rules. Use public visitor areas and respect private spaces.
Los Angeles Central Library ↗
630 W Fifth Street
Visit public library areas during opening hours. Filming spaces in staff-only basement areas are not public access.
Ghostbusters
The basement stacks stood in for the New York Public Library when the team encounters the librarian ghost. The library documents the shoot with its original call sheet.
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ↗
476 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018
Public research library and visitor destination. Check NYPL hours and room rules.
The Ghostbusters encounter the library ghost
The New York Public Library documents Ghostbusters among the films made at its 42nd Street building.
Production geography: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Depicted geography: New York Public Library · same
FDNY Hook & Ladder Company 8 ↗
14 North Moore Street, New York, NY 10013
Active firehouse. View only from the public sidewalk and never obstruct operations.
Ladder 8 becomes the Ghostbusters' headquarters exterior
The active Tribeca firehouse supplied the headquarters exterior. Interior firehouse filming took place elsewhere, so this entry does not claim the New York building's interior.
Production geography: 14 North Moore Street, Tribeca
Depicted geography: Ghostbusters headquarters, New York · same
Hook & Ladder Company 8
14 North Moore Street, Tribeca
A working FDNY firehouse: look from the pavement, keep the bay doors clear, and find the paintings on the sidewalk out front.
Headquarters
They take over a Tribeca firehouse as their office.
Production: 14 North Moore Street, Tribeca · Depicted: Hook & Ladder Company 8 (stand-in)
Back to the firehouse
The gang reclaims the firehouse with the next generation of Spenglers.
Production: 14 North Moore Street, Tribeca · Depicted: Hook & Ladder Company 8 (stand-in)
Fire Station No. 23
225 East Fifth Street, Los Angeles
It is not a museum and not open to visitors: see the front from Fifth Street.
Inside, in Los Angeles
The firehouse interiors are filmed in Los Angeles.
Production: 225 East Fifth Street, Los Angeles · Depicted: Fire Station No. 23 (stand-in)
The New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street
The stacks are closed to the public, but you can see the restored Rose Main Reading Room and run down the marble front steps.
The library ghost
A ghost throws books from the shelves and the three scientists are called in.
Production: Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street · Depicted: The New York Public Library (same)
The library again
The library returns in Frozen Empire.
Production: Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street · Depicted: The New York Public Library (same)
Columbia University
Broadway at 116th Street, Morningside Heights
The Morningside campus is open only to Columbia ID holders, registered alumni and approved guests: the public cannot walk in.
Fired
The three are fired from Columbia’s parapsychology department.
Production: Broadway at 116th Street, Morningside Heights · Depicted: Columbia University (same)
The institute
Avery Hall plays a fictional research institute.
Production: Broadway at 116th Street, Morningside Heights · Depicted: Columbia University (stand-in)
55 Central Park West
Central Park West at 66th Street
A private co-op: look up at it from Central Park West or from the park side of the road.
Dana’s building
Dana Barrett’s building becomes the centre of the haunting.
Production: Central Park West at 66th Street · Depicted: 55 Central Park West (same)
Tavern on the Green
Central Park West at 67th Street
A working restaurant in the park: book a table on its website or call 212-877-8684.
Locked out
Louis Tully, chased through the park, cannot get into the restaurant.
Production: Central Park West at 67th Street · Depicted: Tavern on the Green (same)
The Revson Fountain, Lincoln Center
Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center
An open plaza in front of the Metropolitan Opera: walk across it, or sit by the fountain.
The fountain
The Lincoln Center plaza and its fountain appear in the film.
Production: Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center · Depicted: The Revson Fountain, Lincoln Center (same)
2 Columbus Circle
Columbus Circle
Now the Museum of Arts and Design: Tuesday to Sunday 10am–6pm, Wednesday 12–8pm, closed Monday. Adults $20; pay what you wish 5–8pm on the first Wednesday of the month.
Columbus Circle
The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man plods through Columbus Circle.
Production: Columbus Circle · Depicted: 2 Columbus Circle (same)
New York City Hall
City Hall Park, Broadway and Murray Street
Tours every week by reservation only, limited to 20 people: book on nyc.gov.
City Hall
The Ghostbusters face Walter Peck before the mayor.
Production: City Hall Park, Broadway and Murray Street · Depicted: New York City Hall (same)
City Hall again
Another City Hall encounter, with the Spenglers centre stage.
Production: City Hall Park, Broadway and Murray Street · Depicted: New York City Hall (same)
The Manhattan Bridge
Enter on the Bowery between Canal and Bayard Streets
Walk it: the path starts on the Bowery between Canal and Bayard Streets.
Judgment day
Ray and Winston talk about judgment day on the bridge.
Production: Enter on the Bowery between Canal and Bayard Streets · Depicted: The Manhattan Bridge (same)
The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
One Bowling Green
Home to the National Museum of the American Indian: check the Smithsonian’s website for opening before you go.
The museum
The Custom House plays the Manhattan Museum of Art.
Production: One Bowling Green · Depicted: The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House (stand-in)
Washington Square Park
Greenwich Village
A public city park: come for the arch, the fountain and the chess tables.
New Year’s Eve
A New Year’s Eve scene in the park.
Production: Greenwich Village · Depicted: Washington Square Park (same)
Chess
The park’s chess tables appear in Frozen Empire.
Production: Greenwich Village · Depicted: Washington Square Park (same)
Continue exploring.
City links can describe a broad production area or the source catalogue’s city collection. The named-site references retain their own geography.
Production locations in the source record.
The film’s Wikidata record lists these production locations. Exact filming areas and visitor access have not yet been established here.